...globe to any two points of its furface, is called its DIAMETER. The wire on which the globe turns, is called its AXIS. The ends of the axis are called the POLES ; the one caJ/ed the north or arflic pole, becaufe it always points to a flat in the conftellation...

...to turn passing through the heart of the orange from the place where the stalk is inserted into it. The ends of the axis are called the Poles of the Earth. The diameter at the Poles is 789-S English miles; but it the Equator 7928 miles. The earth revolves daily...

...imaginary straight line round which it turns.3 It is a diameter ; 3 and is 7899 miles in length. 5. The ends of the axis are called the Poles of the earth. Therpole nearest Europe is called the North Pole ; — the other, the South Pole. 6. The Equator is...

...Rotation. — The earth spins, or rotates, at a nearly uniform rate of speed, upon its shortest diameter, called its axis. The ends of the axis are called the poles. A line around the earth midway between the poles is called the equator. One of the results of rotation...

...imaginary line around which the earth spins is called its Axis. The axis points toward the North Star. The ends of the axis are called the Poles of the earth. The north pole is the end toward the North Star, and the opposite end is the south pole of the earth. Equator....

...two principal motions. These are (1) rotation, and (2) revolution around the sun. The earth rotates on its shortest diameter, which is called its axis. The ends of the axis of rotation are the po'es; and the circumference midway between the poles is the equator. The equator...

...to turn passing through the heart of the orange from the place where the stalk is inserted into it. The ends of the axis are called the Poles of the Earth. The diameter at the Poles is 7893 English miles; but tit the Equator 79í8 miles. The onrth revolves daily...